Manchester City 0-2 Liverpool
Key numbers
- Possession 66% – 34%
- Shots 16 (5 on target) – 8 (4)
- Decisive moment: 14' Mohamed Salah, FN xPts +0.7
HT 0:2
Mohamed Salah 14'
Dominik Szoboszlai 37'
Dominik Szoboszlai 37'
Manchester City 4th · 44 pts|Liverpool 1st · 64 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.65–0.71).
Player of the matchMohamed SalahDecisive moment14' Mohamed Salah+0.7
Player of the match
Mohamed Salah Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.8 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 0 min · level 14 min · Liverpool ahead 76 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
14'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Dominik Szoboszlai +0.2
+0.7
37'
Dominik Szoboszlai
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Mohamed Salah +0.2
+0.6
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.2Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +1.3Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.6→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CityLiverpool
66%Possession34%
0.65Expected goals (xG)0.71
0.04xG per shot0.09
16Shots8
5Shots on target4
31%Shots on target %50%
6Shots in box6
659Passes332
92%Pass accuracy81%
7Corners5
2Saves5
3Fouls10
0Yellow cards0
2Offsides4
Compared with usual
Manchester City
39 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 0.65 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.71 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 16 | 17.1 | |
| On target | 5 | 6.4 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 10.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 66% | 62.7% | |
| Passes | 659 | 611.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 90.3% | |
| Corners | 7 | 7.4 | |
| Fouls | 3 | 7.2 |
Liverpool
41 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.9 | |
| xG | 0.71 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.65 | 0.75 | |
| Shots | 8 | 16.9 | |
| On target | 4 | 6.8 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 9.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 34% | 58.4% | low |
| Passes | 332 | 539.4 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 86.5% | |
| Corners | 5 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 11 |
Timeline
- 14' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #25 assist Dominik Szoboszlai
- 37' Goal Dominik Szoboszlai league goal #4 assist Mohamed Salah
- 57' VAR Curtis Jones
- 66' Sub Kevin De Bruyne → James McAtee
- 73' Sub Curtis Jones → Wataru Endo
- 74' Sub Andrew Robertson → Konstantinos Tsimikas
- 77' Sub Nathan Aké → Rúben Dias
- 77' Sub Omar Marmoush → İlkay Gündoğan
- 78' Sub Nico González → Mateo Kovačić
- 79' Sub Luis Díaz → Cody Gakpo
- 90+1' Sub Mohamed Salah → Harvey Elliott
- 90+2' Sub Trent Alexander-Arnold → Jarell Quansah
Category leaders
- Key passesSavinho4
- Duels wonJérémy Doku16/23
- DribblesJérémy Doku15/20
- Defensive actionsVirgil van Dijk6
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.